ESPN Finds New Way to Reflect on The Year in Sports

Abel, is that you? The Weeknd kicked off 2021 by stunning fans with his brand new look.

The Weeknd has just dropped a dark new music video for “Save Your Tears”.

Kings Of Leon have shared a teaser previewing yet another new song – listen to a snippet of ‘Dancing In Your Head’ below.The band, who haven’t released any official new material since 2016’s ‘Walls’, teased the imminent release of two new songs called ‘Must Catch The Bandit’ and ‘Feel The Way You Do’ this week.Now, they’ve shared a teaser of ‘Dancing In Your Head’ on Instagram.

Teresa Giudice is ending 2020 on a happy note! star went Instagram official with her new boyfriend, Luis Ruelas, on Tuesday, posting a sweet pic of herself sitting on his lap in a restaurant.«The BEST thing that came out of 2020 ❣️» Teresa, 48, captioned it.A post shared by TERESA GIUDICE ® (@teresagiudice)The new relationship reveal comes three months after the reality star finalized her divorce from Joe Giudice, eight months following their split.Vikki Ziegler, a top New Jersey divorce

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFanDuel spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on commercials that surround big sports broadcasts. Now it wants to make sports-wagering — the activity at the core of its business — a bigger part of the studio discussions that are also such an essential part of the sports-TV experience.Charles Barkley, one of the standouts on the analyst roster on the “NBA on TNT” show, has agreed to work as an ambassador and spokesman for the sports-betting giant.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen try to show CNN viewers the sights and sounds of New Year’s Eve in Times Square this year, they will face one of their biggest challenges: There won’t be any.The throngs of people who come to see the fabled ball drop in what is billed as New York’s “Crossroads of the World” won’t be in attendance, due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTom Rinaldi, the ESPN correspondent known for his enterprise features and video essays, has jumped to Fox Sports, a place that has in the past not been known for delivering such things.He is expected to take up duties for Fox in 2021, “contributing across the network’s world-class portfolio of live events.”“Tom is one of the all-time great people in this business and a generational storyteller,” said  Eric Shanks.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe newest ad from Procter & Gamble doesn’t feature any of its famous products, like Tide, Pampers or Crest. The only thing the company is really trying to sell is a good feeling at the end of a bad year.A new commercial from the consumer-products giant now available online and set to debut Saturday during broadcast of the Global Citizen Prize on NBC in the U.S.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News said it extended primetime host Laura Ingraham’s contact with the network, ensuring her 10 p.m. program, “The Ingraham Angle,” will remain in its lineup for the foreseeable future.Fox News characterized the new pact as a “multi-year deal.” Ingraham joined Fox News Channel full-time in October of 2017 after establishing herself with a long-running radio program.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn an era of streaming giants, the media outlet behind “Billions,” “Homeland” and “Good Lord Bird” is trying to stand apart from the pack by celebrating its smaller size.A campaign that started during the Emmys makes the point that Showtime  — available via pay cable and streaming video — has little intention of churning out dozens of projects every year.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRita Houston, a steady presence on New York radio  — and an important musical tastemaker in her role as program director of Fordham University’s WFUV —  died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, the station said in a statement Tuesday. She was 59 years old.“Rita was the north star of WFUV’s sound and its public service, guiding the station’s musical direction for decades,” said Chuck Singleton, WFUV’s general manager, in a statement.

making homophobic comments about a colleague in the chat section of a Zoom class last month.The names of the teachers, all employees of Dumont High School in Dumont, N.J., were not made public, although the school district’s business administrator, Kevin Cartotto, announced the suspensions during a public meeting at the high school last Thursday.Cartotto said the district decided to hand out the suspensions following an investigation into the alleged comments, but had to continue to pay the

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCleveland’s baseball team, known since the mid 1910s as the Indians, is expected to change its name, according to multiple press reports, the latest sign of storied sports franchises moving to keep pace with cultural shifts in the United States.The New York Times previously reported that the Cleveland Indians have decided to find a new team name, following years of protests from some fans and Native American advocacy organizations.